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News and Views: Ebola Outbreak In West Africa
Posted on April 10, 2014 by Jane Newbold | Categories: ID Lesson3-1, ID Unit3, Infectious Disease, News | | Add comment |

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“A health specialist prepares to work in an isolation ward where patients displaying symptoms of Ebola are held at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guekedou, Guinea.” Source

A recent outbreak of Ebola in Guinea has experts worried and nearby West African countries watching their borders. Read about why — and what’s being done at Al Jazeera America (International W.H.O. says fight against West Africa Ebola outbreak just beginning) or listen at NPR (The Ebola Outbreak 3 Weeks In: Dire But Not Hopeless).